Diego Gomes Nunes (born July 12, 1986) is a Brazilian racing driver currently competing in TCR South America with Cobra Racing. Having previously raced in Stock Car Brazil. Nunes is the 2022 Porsche Endurance Series champion.

Career

Formula Renault Nunes began his car racing career by driving full-time in the Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil championship in 2003 and 2004, having competed in selected events in 2002. With a best result of ninth in the drivers' championship in 2004, Nunes moved on to concentrate on different motorsport series from 2005, but still returned to Brazilian FRenault for the occasional race in that year and the next.

Formula Three Nunes switched to Formula Three Sudamericana for 2005, finishing fourth in the championship at his first attempt. In 2006, he took pole position for half of the races but was only able to win one, restricting him to third in the championship.

Formula 3000 In 2006, Nunes competed in two races of the Euroseries 3000. For 2007, he moved to Europe full-time to drive a full season in the series. Employed by the former Formula One team, Minardi, he finished as runner-up in the championship.

GP2 Series

Nunes was recruited by Adrián Campos to drive for his team in the inaugural GP2 Asia Series season in 2008, but switched to David Price Racing after the first round of the championship. This was because Price had fired his driver Andy Soucek, who had himself signed for the rival FMS International team for the GP2 Series proper that year. Nunes scored two points and finished nineteenth in the championship.

Nunes continued with DPR for the 2008 GP2 Series season, where he was partnered by Michael Herck and Giacomo Ricci on his way to 22nd in the championship. For the 2009 championship, he switched to frontrunners iSport International alongside rookie Giedo van der Garde. He finished the championship in 20th place.

For the 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season, Nunes partnered Luca Filippi at Team Meritus for the first round in Abu Dhabi, but was replaced by Alexander Rossi for the second Abu Dhabi round.

Stock Car Brasil With his single-seater career petering out, Nunes returned to Brazil for 2010 to compete in the Stock Car Brasil championship, driving for the Bassani team once more. In his first year, driving a Peugeot 307 alongside first Rodrigo Sperafico and then Willian Starostik, he scored 43 points to finish 15th in the championship, capping his season with a win in the final race at Curitiba. He remained with the team for 2011 as the Peugeot teams upgraded to the 408 model, and was partnered by Denis Navarro, but was dropped in favour of Bruno Junqueira after scoring only 13 points in nine races.

TCR South America Nunes transitioned to the TCR South America Touring Car Championship in 2023, competing for Cobra Racing in the Audi RS3.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2002 Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil RS-Prop Car 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2003 Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil Bassani-Prop Car 12 0 0 0 0 26 18th 2004 Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil Full Time Sports 11 0 1 1 1 76 9th 2005 Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil Gramacho Racing 3 0 0 0 1 44 12th Formula 3 Sudamericana Bassani Racing 18 3 1 1 4 72 4th 2006 Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil Bassani Racing 1 1 1 1 1 32 16th Formula 3 Sudamericana 16 2 8 3 7 78 3rd Euroseries 3000 Minardi by GP Racing 2 0 0 0 0 6 15th F3000 Italian Championship 2 0 0 0 0 6 15th 2007 Euroseries 3000 Minardi by GP Racing 16 4 1 1 10 77 2nd F3000 Italian Championship 8 1 1 1 4 32 2nd 2008 GP2 Series DPR 20 0 0 0 0 3 22nd GP2 Asia Series DPR 8 0 0 0 0 2 19th Barwa International Campos Team10000 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series Piquet GP 11 2 0 1 2 24 8th 2009 GP2 Series iSport International 20 0 0 1 1 8 20th Euroseries 3000 Team Lazarus 2 0 0 0 0 5 15th 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2010 Stock Car Brasil RC3 Bassani Racing 12 1 0 0 1 43 15th 2011 Stock Car Brasil Bassani Racing 9 0 0 0 0 13 23rd 2012 Stock Car Brasil Hot Car Competições 12 0 0 0 0 61 20th Brasileiro de Marcas Bassani Racing 16 0 0 2 4 192 4th 2013 Stock Car Brasil RC3 Bassani 12 0 0 0 0 71 17th 2014 Stock Car Brasil C2 Team 21 0 0 0 0 81 20th Brasileiro de Marcas 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2015 Stock Car Brasil Vogel Motorsport 21 0 0 0 2 139 14th 2016 Stock Car Brasil União Química Basssani 21 1 0 1 3 189 7th Porsche Endurance Series - Cup N/A 1 0 0 0 0 20 42nd Porsche Endurance Series - Challenge N/A 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2017 Stock Car Brasil Full Time Bassani 21 0 0 0 0 114 15th Porsche Endurance Series - Challenge N/A 1 0 1 1 0 21 16th 2018 Stock Car Brasil Full Time Bassani 21 0 0 3 1 66 14th Porsche Endurance Series - 3.8 N/A 1 0 0 0 1 55 14th 2019 Stock Car Brasil KTF Sports 21 0 0 0 1 175 11th 2020 Stock Car Brasil Blau Motorsport 18 1 0 3 3 203 11th Porsche Endurance Series - Cup N/A 1 0 0 0 0 56 19th GT Sprint Race Special Edition - Am N/A 6 2 0 2 3 101 2nd 2021 Stock Car Pro Series Blau Motorsport 23 0 0 1 1 226 10th Porsche Endurance Series - Cup N/A 3 0 0 0 0 92 13th 2022 Stock Car Pro Series Blau Motorsport 22 1 0 1 2 158 16th 2023 TCR South America Touring Car Championship Cobra Racing Team18102118311th TCR World Tour40000255thTCR Brazil Touring Car Championship1120221847th Stock Car Pro Series Blau Motorsport20000237th2024 TCR South America Touring Car Championship Squadra Martino10000457thTCR Brazil Touring Car Championship10000431st2025 GT Cup Open Europe LMR MotorsportGT World Challenge AmericaAF Corse USA2026Porsche Carrera Cup Brasil

Complete Euroseries 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2006 Minardi by GP Racing ADRADRIMOIMOSPASPAHUNHUNMUGMUGSILSILCATCATVLLVLLMIS1MIS2 15th 6 2007 Minardi by GP Racing VLL1 VLL2 HUN1 HUN2 MAG1 MAG2 MUG1 MUG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 CAT1 CAT2 2nd 77 2009 Team Lazarus ALG1 ALG2MAG1MAG2DON1DON2ZOL1ZOL2VAL1VAL2VLL1VLL2MNZ1MNZ2 15th 5

Complete GP2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2008 DPR CATFEA CATSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MONFEA MONSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR VALFEA VALSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 22nd 3 2009 iSport International CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR VALFEA VALSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR ALGFEA ALGSPR 20th 8

Complete GP2 Asia Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points 2008 Campos Grand Prix DUB1FEA DUB1SPR 20th 2 David Price Racing SENFEA SENSPR SEPFEA SEPSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR DUB2FEA DUB2SPR 2008–09 Piquet GP SHIFEA SHISPR DUBFEA DUBSPR BHR1FEA BHR1SPR LSLFEA LSLSPR SEPFEA SEPSPR BHR2FEA BHR2SPR 8th 24 2009–10 MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com YMC1FEA YMC1SPR YMC2FEA YMC2SPR BHR1FEA BHR1SPR BHR2FEA BHR2SPR 28th 0

Complete Stock Car Brasil results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pos Points 2010 RC3 Bassani Peugeot 307 INT CTB VEL RIO RBP SAL INT CGD LON SCZ BSB CTB 15th 43 2011 RC3 Bassani Peugeot 408 CTB INT RBP VEL CGD RIO INT SAL SCZ LON BSB VEL 23rd 13 2012 Bardahl Hot Car Chevrolet Sonic INT CTB VEL RBP LON RIO SAL CAS TAR CTB BSB INT 20th 61 2013 RC3 Bassani Peugeot 408 INT CUR TAR SAL BRA CAS RBP CAS VEL CUR BRA INT 17th 71 2014 C2 Team Chevrolet Sonic INT1 SCZ1 SCZ2 BRA1 BRA2 GOI1 GOI2 INT1 CAS1 CAS2 CUR1 CUR2 VEL1 VEL2 SAL1 SAL2 CUR1 CUR2 TAR1 TAR2 BRA1 NC N/A

References

Retrieved on May 6, 2008.

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